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Gifted And Lgbtq: A Review Of The Literature, Orla Dunne
Gifted And Lgbtq: A Review Of The Literature, Orla Dunne
SENG Journal: Exploring the Psychology of Giftedness
The present review examines research with gifted LGBTQ individuals. This article will focus on the first research with gifted LGBTQ individuals before leaping forward in time to several recent studies, each of which has significantly contributed to a field lacking in empirical research. Overall themes will then be discussed. I suggest that research in this area has notably advanced, in parallel with shifts in legislation, culture and attitudes toward LGBTQ people. Increased focus on aspects of diversity in gifted learners and gifted education have also contributed to this expanding field of research. Future research attention is nevertheless necessary, in order …
Overexcitability Research: Implications For The Theory Of Positive Disintegration And The Field Of Gifted Education, Sal Mendaglio
Overexcitability Research: Implications For The Theory Of Positive Disintegration And The Field Of Gifted Education, Sal Mendaglio
SENG Journal: Exploring the Psychology of Giftedness
It is difficult to conceive that anyone—parent, educator, psychologist, or researcher—interested in giftedness/gifted education could not be aware of the word, overexcitability. What, then, has facilitated the popularity of the word in our field? A major force has been the research conducted investigating this concept’s relationship to giftedness, broadly speaking. What began with a handful of articles, published in the 1980s by a few interconnected American scholars, has become a veritable body of research. Publications in the early 2020s attest to researchers’ continuing interest in the concept. Review of early and recent publications suggests that newer research continues in …